Coal in the News

07Apr

Will the States Thwart Obama’s Coal Plan?

By Paul Alexander “I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone,” President Barack Obama famously said in January 2014. He was attempting to explain his strategy for bypassing the United States Congress, a body that hasn’t been very friendly to him, not even when Democrats controlled both chambers during the first two years of his first […]
06Apr

Clean Air Rules Likely to Cause Power Generation Shortages in Much of US: NERC Chief

Via Platts: New US environmental regulations are likely to create generation shortages in the Great Plains, Midwest, Northeast and Texas, the head of the North American Electric Reliability Corp. said Wednesday. Speaking at the Gulf Coast Power Association’s Spring Conference in Houston, Gerry Cauley, NERC president and CEO, said new greenhouse gas rules could cause […]
03Apr

EPA’s Clean Power Plan is Simply Unsustainable

Via AZcentral.com: Rural Arizona is at a tipping point as the EPA finalizes its Clean Power Plan that could dramatically increase the costs for power and water used by farmers, ranchers and residents to a level that is simply unsustainable. Before rural Arizonans came together to form consumer-owned electric cooperatives in the 1930s, water was […]
02Apr

KCA Statement on President Obama’s Visit to Louisville

“Having Pres. Obama come to Louisville today and speak about jobs and the economy truly shows that he, his administration and its supporters have no idea of the devastation that they have caused in and beyond Kentucky’s coalfields. While any sitting President of the United States should be treated with respect, we, as Kentuckians, have […]
02Apr

Throw Out EPA Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule Because of Missed Deadline, AG Demands

Via The New Orleans Times-Picayune: The federal Environmental Protection Agency missed a key deadline in adoptingregulations requiring power plants to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and should be thrown out, Attorney Gen. Buddy Caldwellsaid in a Wednesday (Mar. 25) letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. But EPA officials said in a statement Monday afternoon that […]
01Apr

EPA Carbon Plan Will Kill 38,000 Virginia Jobs, Report Says

Via Watchdog.org By Kenric Ward The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Plan will boost Virginia’s electric rates 25 percent and eliminate 38,000 jobs in the state, a new study predicts. “These EPA rules are aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from producers of coal power plants by either shutting them down or making their cost uncompetitive […]
31Mar

Can Hard-working Louisiana Families Afford EPA ‘Clean Power’ Plan?

Via NOLA.com: I have a very strong feeling for the hard-working families of Louisiana. In my professional life, I’ve traveled throughout the state many times. I remember in particular the hard work of rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaches, and I also look back with pride at how we were able to reopen the […]
30Mar

St. Louis Business, Political Leaders Criticize EPA Carbon Regs

Via The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: On the eve of a visit to St. Louis by federal electricity regulators, a panel hosted by the St. Louis Regional Chamber sent a clear message from Missouri’s business and political establishment: federal rules designed to cut carbon emissions threaten the state’s economy. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rules limiting […]
27Mar

Clean Power Plan a Mistake

Via The Shreveport Times: Louisiana is at an economic crossroads. After outperforming much of the nation over the last few years, the state’s economy has been hit hard by the sudden drop in oil prices. Unemployment is up and the state is facing a growing budget gap. Times are hard and the Obama administration is […]